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The Welfare State as Piggy Bank: Information, Risk, Uncertainty, and the Role of the State

The Welfare State as Piggy Bank: Information, Risk, Uncertainty, and the Role of the State

Hardcover

EconomicsInvesting & FinancePoverty & Social Work

ISBN10: 0199246599
ISBN13: 9780199246595
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jul 26 2001
Pages: 316
Weight: 1.31
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.42 Depth: 9.48
Language: English
Barr contends that the welfare state exists for reasons besides poverty relief, reasons arising out of pervasive problems of imperfect information, risk and uncertainty. As a result, he argues, the welfare state is here to stay, since 21st century developments don't address these additional reasons.

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